General Knowledge Questions

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According to RBI instructions in 2014 January, The currency notes made before this year of the following  are called back.

 

A) 2008 B) 2010
C) 2005 D) 2007
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 2005

Explanation:
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Q:

The act of formally approving something is known as Arbitration.

A) TRUE B) FALSE
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) FALSE

Explanation:

The act of formally approving something is known as Ratification.

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Q:

What animal has the shortest gestation period?

A) Elephant B) Meadows
C) Mouse D) Opossum
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Opossum

Explanation:

The shortest gestation period known is 12 to 13 days, shared by three marsupials: the American or Virginian opossum (Didelphis marsupialis); the rare water opossum, or yapok (Chironectes minimus) of central and northern South America; and the eastern native cat (Dasyurus viverrinus) of Australia.

Gestation is the period of time between fertilization and birth in oviparous animals.

The elephant has the longest gestation period of about 23 months of any land animal.

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Q:

What is the minimum velocity required for a rocket to overcome earth's gravity and travel into space?

A) 18 km/sec B) 11.2 km/sec
C) 21 km/sec D) 35 km/sec
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 11.2 km/sec

Explanation:

This 11.2 km/s is also known as the escape velocity. It works out to roughly 25000miles per hour 

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Q:

Scientist who discovered blood groups

A) Krebs B) Pavlov
C) Karl Landsteiner D) Darwin
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Karl Landsteiner

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Q:

A Step-Up Transformer Increases

A) Power B) Current
C) Frequency D) Voltage
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Voltage

Explanation:

A transformer that increases voltage from primary to secondary (more secondary winding turns than primary winding turns) is called a Step-Up Transformer.

Conversely, a transformer designed to do just the opposite is called a Step-Down Transformer. 

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Q:

What is the main ingredient in face powder?

A) Calcium carbonate B) Talc
C) Magnesium carbonate D) China clay
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Talc

Explanation:

Talc or talcum is a clay mineral composed of hydrated magnesium silicate with the chemical formula H2Mg3(SiO3)4 is the main ingredient in face powders that absorbs moisture and oil.

 

It is also called as French Chalk. Other ingredients include Calcium carbonate (chalk), Magnesium carbonate, China clay, starches like rice and potato, zinc oxide,...

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Q:

What happens during the S-phase of the cell cycle?

A) cell division B) cell growth
C) DNA replication D) protein and enzyme synthesis
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) DNA replication

Explanation:

S-phase (synthesis phase) is the part of the cell cycle in which DNA is replicated, occurring between G1 phase and G2 phase. Precise and accurate DNA replication is necessary to prevent genetic abnormalities which often lead to cell death or disease.

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